Reported speech – Questions 1 Choose the correct alternative. Grammar in context 2
Reported speech – Commands and suggestions 4 Report these commands. 1 ‘Leave all your things in the lockers.’ 2 ‘Don’t take photographs of the exhibits.’ 3 ‘Switch off your phones.’ 4 ‘Don’t eat or drink in the art gallery.’ 5 ‘Be quiet and listen.’ The guide told the students … 1
1 ‘Can you tell me something about Banksy?’ The interviewer asked if Jess can/could tell us something about Banksy. 2 ‘How did urban art become famous?’ The interviewer asked how had urban art become/ urban art had become famous. 3 ‘What does Banksy use to paint his work?’ He asked what Banksy did use/used to paint his work. 4 ‘Has it changed the value of the artwork?’ The interviewer asked had it changed/if it had changed the value of the artwork. 5 ‘Who was your art teacher?’ He asked her who had been her art teacher/her art teacher had been . Complete the reported questions. 1 ‘Did you see Banksy’s street art in London?’ She asked him 2 ‘Why do people become professional artists?’ She wanted to know 3 ‘Who bought the painting?’ He asked 4 ‘Where are the best examples of Banksy’s art?’ They wanted to know 5 ‘Will they be able to remove the graffiti?’ He wanted to know 6 ‘When is Josep going to the art gallery?’ She asked Rewrite the reported questions in direct speech. 1 She wanted to know what kind of sketches he did.
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Report these suggestions. 1 ‘How about changing the lighting?’ He suggested 2 ‘Why don’t we go to the concert on Saturday?’ She suggested 3 ‘Let’s try to improve the plot we wrote yesterday.’ She suggested 4 ‘How about painting the sketch I did last week?’ He suggested 5 ‘Let’s watch this performance art while we are here.’ They suggested 6 Find and correct the ten mistakes in the text. Grammar challenge
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A HIP-HOP ARTIST WHO WANTS TO SAVE THE WORLD
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2 I asked if they would recommend the show to their friends.
3 He wanted to know if he thought graffiti was art.
Xiuhtezcatl (pronounced Shu-tez-cat) Martinez from Boulder, Colorado is a young hip-hop artist which has been a performer until he was 14. He also has a powerful voice as an environmental activist and has speak at the United Nations several times. In 2018, he win the MTV Generation Change Award. He works with Earth Guardians, a organisation which uses music and speech to raising awareness of climate issues. In a recent interview, a journalist told him when his activism began. Martinez replied which it was while he was watched Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary The Eleventh Hour at the age of six. He said that he discover then the dangers facing our planet.
4 They wanted to know if we would go to the art auction.
5 She asked if I had enjoyed the exhibition.
6 She asked if I was going to the art gallery.
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